Blurred lines: Intel to combine tablet, phone and PC chip groups

Whether you call it the “post PC” era or something else, it’s clear that the idea of personal computing has been changing. The rise of smartphones, followed by that of tablets, have yielded mobile device sales that far outnumber traditional computer sales since 2011. As a result, Intel is grouping its two chip groups together: Next year, the company will have a “Client Computing” group to handle processors for both PCs and mobile devices.